Gambia vs Niger: Clientelism Index

Gambia

0.373

in 2025

Niger

0.366

in 2025

Gambia rank

115th

Niger rank

117th

Clientelism Index over time

Gambia
Niger

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 0.373 against 0.366 in Niger, a difference of 0.007.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Niger ahead.

Gambia ranks 115th and Niger ranks 117th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Clientelism Index in Gambia
Clientelism Index in Niger
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Clientelism Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 24,366 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Composite index measuring the extent to which politics hinge on clientelistic exchanges of targeted goods, jobs, or cash for electoral support; higher values denote more pervasive clientelism.